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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 10:26 PM
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Hit a milestone in the truck today...

Check it out, six figure mileage and still going strong

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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 10:33 PM
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i know what ya mean and i still cnat believe dads got over 168,000 on his '01
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 10:33 PM
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How did you get that many miles being stuck on a wee little island for most it's life?

Did you drive it from Guam?




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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by phox_mulder
How did you get that many miles being stuck on a wee little island for most it's life?

Did you drive it from Guam?




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Seems like it huh? Believe it or not, I racked up about 31,000 miles my 3 years on Guam.
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 02:15 AM
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Congrats on making the 100K mark!

Now that you have it just about broke-in........you are only 1/10th of the way toward it's likely serviceable life of 1,000,000 miles!!
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 08:54 AM
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theres i know of at least one guy who has his first gen all the way back to 000,000, i mean ive got over 200,000
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 12:01 PM
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now its time to buy a new dash cluster for it so you got like 50,XXX miles on it, LOL.
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 12:19 PM
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I just hit 95k on my last trip this summer. (3100 miles trip)

Getting close to the 100k mark though.

Congrats on the 6 figures!!
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by jrs_dodge_diesel
Check it out, six figure mileage and still going strong

Just for fun, what problems/repairs have you faced in the first 100,000 miles?
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 03:10 PM
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Just for fun, what problems/repairs have you faced in the first 100,000 miles?

One lift pump, and a vacuum pump seal. Oh, and one botched valve job but that was of my own doing , not the trucks' .
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 05:20 PM
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I joined the 6 figure club sunday. When i got the truck at 40some k it only had normal serive done. I had to replace a bunch but its far from stock since then so it most my fault. But its still my fav vehicle.
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by dieselrob
I joined the 6 figure club sunday. When i got the truck at 40some k it only had normal serive done. I had to replace a bunch but its far from stock since then so it most my fault. But its still my fav vehicle.
Congrats to you too. I'm sure we'll be posting later when we hit 200,000
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 01:51 PM
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mines got 119k on it and my uncles 05 has bout 55k on it i think.
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 04:21 PM
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Have you noticed much of a change in the weather from Guam to where you are now?
Must be a change.
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